WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18370, 1 May 1925, Page 15

WEST COAST NOTES

J PERSONAL. (sMcut to "in* raws.") GREYMOUTH, April 30. The Bev. J. P. Gilbert left this morn- • e en route for Bluff, where he will i Zjn a steamer for Sydney. • Sr S. J- Collett, chief clerk of the Tourist; Department, left this morning for Cbristchurch. Prior to his depart- • j, e m ct Mr W. R. Kettle, chairman . t j, e Chamber of Commerce, and other jujaent citizens, and discussed with toefflproposals to bring the attractions nt GreyDJ oll " l an d district before tourirfs. He was greatly impressed with the beauty of Tunakaika and the Coastal road. jfr Brockett, late director of the Westport Technical School, and Mrs Brockett «ere tendered a farewell on the eve of their departure for Blenheim. Mr g r()C iett was presented with a shaving «t and Mrs Brockett with a Doulton jfjjg Champion, of the Westport telephone Exchange, was entertained by jj. e Westport Ladies' Hockey Club and -Mgdstcd with a suit-case. She leaves jtorfly * or Christchurch on transfer. Man Missing. gjnee early yesterday morning (2,0 police have been engaged j„ _»• search for a man who ,hss been missing from his home jear Otira since Tuesday night. T'r.n man is <0 years of age ard nearly 6ft jd height. His complexion rr.id hair . a ro daTk, and he is inclined lo baldness. The ,clothcs he is wearing are stated to be.grey riding breeches, a brown • (jat.and cardigan jacket, with a heavy &6wb overcoat. He is believed to be latless, and his footwear consists of -liiaek brogue shoes. Four Months' Imprisonment. Messrs A. Naylor and F. W. Shall(ius presided at a sitting of the Magistrate's Court to-day. Wm. Arnold was charged with being a rogue and a .vagabond in that ho had no lawful visible means of support. Sergeant Fryer said the accused had done no work since ho , wasrelesaed from gaol, and he was suspected of supplying prohibited persons with; liquor. A sentence of four jnonths' imprisonment wa3 imposed. A Mysterious Shot. An' occurrence which has'occasioned i considerable alarm is reported from the Hokitika district. Late last night, J wheMhe Eimu dredge was working as , usual, a bullet from a .22 calibre rifle , struck a window just above the head , of Albert Thomas, one of the workmen, : and passed through a lining-board. It is considered that the shot was fiTed by • a miscreant who was hidden in the tailings close to the dredge. InvestigaH%3> iiie dredgeinaster an d the ', ; ;Sce have so far been without result. ■' Magistrate's Court. I Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M,, presided at toI day's sitting of the Magistrate's Court, K pokitika. After the hearing of lengthy |" evidence in connexion with . a charge; r against Mary Morgan, proprietress. q£. \ the Masonic Hotel, of selling liquor durI ing:prohibited hours, the police were liven, leave to withdraw the infonna*Mhn Gugich, I>obt. Gugich, Victor Jofibißcn, Errol Glass, John Boyd, and Jotn.. Sarcy were charged with having unlawfully converted to their own use \a Wallys Knight motor-car, the property _,\ofTainm« i iii ind Bergamini. Mr J. A. Murdoch appeared for defendants. Ser"/geant King sa.a the men had taken the car frcm in. fiont of the hotel at Staft ford. Victor Johansen had' acted as driver, and had driven the car as far as Goldsborough, where it was run into a bank and overturned. As a ' result it had to. be towed into Hokitika '■ and repaired ait a cost of £54. Vic- '* tor Bergamini said that he had driven * the men to the Red Lion Hotel, and while he was inside Johansen drovo the round the. block. . Witngs-s had . "driven the. carload to the Three Mile, ;whcrc the car was again intcrfertJ with. ;• during his absence. The same thing £o«eu:red at Arahura. Ho told Johansen. to leave the car alone, and they I proceeded to Stafford, where he left it bin front of the hotel, and.went; to see florae friends. While he was away the 'oa. disappeared, and subsequently it Sis'found oyer an embankment, with Mo front and back wheels smashed and |jlier extensivo damage. Jhe defendiint'ijs, whom he found in the hotel at Stafford, told him all about the mism>-- The information was dismissed, foavid. Diedrich was Charged witn living caused a cow unnecessary suffermg. Mr Murdoch appeared for defendpt. The Ai.igistrate said tral there was insufficient evidence, and dismissed |||e information. ||tWilliam Geo. Muir, »f Ross, was Iparged with forging two cheques an I plaining goods by false pretences, lifter the liearing of evidence accusal, |9no was not represented by counsel, minis'committed for trial. »;• g/. Westland Bugby Sub-Union. |lAt the weekly meeting of the Wcst-l^pd.'Sub-Union* a motion to rescind a ifjjwolution granting three Harihari Senior players reclassification as., juniors on the chairman's casting vote. |||enty-five others were regraded from to juniors. Mr D. H. Dowell ||||*« a selector. the annual meeting of the RefifflNs*.Association. Mr D. R. Dowell was president. Messrs B. Dowell A. Wilson were, chosen viccand Mr E. W. Heenan was MH«&ned as secretary-treasurer. RefHHefiwere appointed for Saturday's and an Emergency Committee W Licensee's Application. I--- John Vine Hall, formerly licensee of Accidental Hotel, Hokitika, applied P- Lawry, S.M.; to-day, at Rffgwatafl, for a of fitness as

licensee of the Royal Hotel, Nelson. After hearing the police evidence, Mr La-wry granted the application. Wireless on the Komata. The Westport Borough Council has asked the Minister of Marine to require the Union Steam Ship Company to provide the Komata with a wireless set, and has requested the company to run a better steamer in ti»e Wellington-West-port passenger Service.